iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It
by Steve Wozniak
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Author: Steve WozniakContributor: Gina Smith
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-17
ISBN: 0393330435
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Book Review: Fascinating, but egocentric and badly written
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book last week because I'm an Apple addict, and only use Windows when someone's holding a gun to my head, and even then I run it in a virtual machine on my MacBook Pro. I love the design, the performance, the whole ethos that surrounds Apple products: their hardware is functional and sexy at the same time, and the Operating System is rock solid stable, secure and quick, and the user interface is light years ahead of anything else on the market.
The book, however, has none of the quality one would expect of things Apple. While I appreciate that Woz is an extremely clever and talented man, and had a lot of "firsts" in the personal computer field, blowing his own trumpet loudly at least once in every paragraph starts getting annoying after the first 5 pages, even allowing for the fact that Americans are less reticent about this kind of thing than your average Brit. It really taints what is a fantastically interesting and inspiring story. If you can filter out the egotistical from the story, it is well worth the read.
It would also have helped if he'd let his co-writer and editor correct his writing style a little: it sometimes comes across as stinted and makes for sometimes difficult reading. It also comes across as being purely Woz, and very little editorial influence, as if he ignored all their advice.
Wish I could give it a higher rating, as its a story of mythical proportions, but its just so badly written and so overtly subjective, that it just doesn't justify anything higher.
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